Stretching for 13,859 feet (2.625 miles) behind the power, BNSF Railway intermodal stack train S-LBPLPC1-12L originated in Long Beach, California's Pacific Container Terminal (PCT) and it headed f... (more)

Passing through the S-curve at Fullerton Junction just before 19:00 (7:00 pm), BNSF ES44C4 6727 and Dash 9-44CW 1006 move their train, Q-MEMLAC6-08A (Guaranteed Service Intermodal; Memphis TN to L... (more)

After Amtrak's "Coast Starlight" stuck a water truck in Moorpark CA on June 28, Amtrak needed to ferry some replacement Superliners to Los Angeles. On July 3 Amtrak train 3, the "Southwest Chief,... (more)

Two "Fun Facts"!

Passing the Fullerton Transportation Center (the old Santa Fe station, built in 1930, now serving Amtrak and Metrolink) is BNSF Railway's UPS Expedited In... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 583 passes through Fullerton on Track 2 in order to avoid a police investigation of a fatal train/trespasser strike two miles ahead at Basta. This train arrived fr... (more)

Making its first stop after departing Los Angeles is Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief. P42DCs 183 and 64 will handle this train for the remaining 2,239 miles to Chicago. With... (more)

Navigating through the S-curve at Fullerton Junction (where Metrolink's Orange Sub diverts from BNSF's San Bernardino Sub) is BNSF Railway train Z-LACWSP7-18A, moving 73 loaded intermodal cars fro... (more)

A Memphis bound intermodal train out of the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor comes to a stop in Fullerton, where it will be stabbed for over an hour due to police activity.

Navigating through the S-curve at Fullerton Junction (where Metrolink's Orange Sub diverts from BNSF's San Bernardino Sub) is BNSF Railway train Z-LACWSP7-18A, moving 73 loaded intermodal cars fro... (more)

A train of empty ethanol tank cars, BNSF X-WATABE7-26, snakes through the crossover as it moves from Track 2 to Track 1 at Fullerton Junction. Symboled as an empty Unit grain train (because ethan... (more)

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway SD45 5600, SD45 5548 and SD45-2 5701 (still wearing its Bicentennial colors) move a westbound freight past the cantilever signals at milepost 164 on its way to L... (more)

20 Cylinders Metrolink 609 shoves west to Los Angeles with an F125. When Metrolink was looking to purchase new locomotives almost a decade ago, they chose between two unique locomotives, t... (more)

The first Amtrak train 4 of the new year makes the first stop of its journey. Just a few miles out of Los Angeles, Amtrak P42DCs 206 and 131 are pulling six cars (39038, 23086, 38048, 33009, 3410... (more)

An Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe eastbound piggyback train passes by the old Santa Fe (now Amtrak) passenger station in Fullerton. ATSF SD45 5506 (ex-ATSF 1806, built in June 1966), featuring a shat... (more)

Amtrak 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, accelerates out of the Fullerton station at 4:05 PM after making a crew change with just 26 miles remaining in its journey. The scheduled time for ... (more)